The Songs of Coleman Mellett

The Songs of Coleman Mellett

For nearly 10 years, Jeanie Bryson had been listening to her husband, Coleman Mellett, work on a collection of songs in his bedroom studio over the garage. The guitarist, whom she met at a Sunday jam session and ended up hiring to play in her band in 1999, was accustomed to recording his vocals in the soundproofed walk-in closet. “He’d say, ‘Turn off everything!’ We’d shut the air conditioning off, and he’d go in there and sing his vocals and co…